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Gail B.

Family Session

Emily has been our family photographer for two years now, and we are so grateful to get to work with her. When we first met, our then-2-year-old hated having his picture taken, so our expectations for the family picture session were low. Emily miraculously turned the photo session into a fun experience for everyone, and got some incredibly beautiful pictures of our whole family, including our dog! We love the outdoors and natural light and colors, and Emily is so good at capturing that. She’s really good at working with kids - at every photo session she’s given our son time to get used to the area and explore and play, and she’s able to capture our family genuinely having fun. She is kind and professional and takes amazing pictures - with really reasonable pricing and fast turnaround. We’d highly recommend her!

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Ashlee S.

Family Session

After using the same photographer for the last three years of family pictures, we switched it up this fall and opted for someone “closer” to home. Emily was fantastic! We have 5 and 7 year old boys who were running a little wild and not wanting to stand still, but Emily managed to wrangle them and got some truly great smiles. We are so happy with our photos and have gotten so many compliments! As our seven year old said, “Emily’s photos were very professional.” And captured our little family perfectly! 💙

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Jeff W.

Extended Family

Emily photographed a family reunion of about 20 people and did a wonderful job with it. The photo shoot took place at Wildlife Prairie Park. She quickly sized up the walking capability and attention span of members of the group and organized the shoot accordingly. She provided structure but was not bossy in the process. The results were impressive! And the convenience of being able to download all the pictures (in high and low res) and use them as needed . . . great!

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Chloe S.

Wedding Client

Emily did a great job on my wedding photos at a very reasonable price. I would highly recommend her services.

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Tess M.

Sibling Session

We were fortunate enough to have Emily take our family photos last minute. She was flexible, professional, fun, and affordable. She was at our location before we arrived, and already had spots scoped out for us to take our photos. She pays close attention to detail in her work, such as when and where the sunlight would hit us, how to pose us naturally, etc. Our group of 9 siblings and a fussy baby was nothing for her! Very pleased with our experience!

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Jess R.

Engagement Photos

Emily did a wonderful job with my fiance and I's engagement photos. They came out better than we could have ever expected! They were stunning and she was a pleasure to work with! I would highly recommend her to everyone. Thank you so much Emily!

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Matthew C.

Wedding Client

Emily did the engagement/wedding photos for myself and my wife. I have a hard time relaxing for photos to make them feel natural and Emily did a great job of not only grabbing just the right moments but she did a great job after the shoot picking just the right pictures for us. Overall, Emily provided a professional but relaxed environment that gave us pictures that I don't think anyone else could have grabbed! All at a reasonable price. Thanks Emily!

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Shana K.

Family Session

Emily was wonderful to work with, and her photography truly exceeded any and all expectations. As someone who is incredibly uncomfortable with having her picture taken, Emily made me and my family feel at ease and comfortable with being in front of the camera. She, also, took photos of my mother's horse , and she was so relaxed around him. Because of her easy manner, my mother's horse was calm, and she was able to get amazing photos that were natural and artistic. I would recommend her to any and all of my family and friends.

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Gen P.

Pet Photography

Emily did a fantastic job taking photos of our family last fall. She came to our home since our dog was ill and made sure that we received exactly what we wanted from the photo shoot. We received the photos really quickly and the price was very reasonable. We will definitely be using her services for our future photo needs!

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Aaron G.

Couples Session

Emily was very easy to work with. She worked around our schedule easily, and the kids loved her. Was very impressed with the pictures, which we received in a very timely manner. We have since decided to use her photography expertise many times in the past several years. Very impressed!

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